say

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Description

Description:

Make unit say given sound. The sound is defined in CfgSounds. If the unit is a person, it will also perform corresponding lipsync effect provided an appropriate .lip file has been created for this sound.

• A dead or non-existent unit obviously cannot say anything.
• If the camera is not within given range, title is not shown and the sound will not be heard.
• See also playSound in order to play a sound wherever the camera/player is.

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say will mimic either say2D or say3D depending on whether it is there executed in a cutscene or in a game scene.

Groups:

Sounds

Syntax 1

Syntax:

from say sound

Parameters:

from: Object - origin of the sound

sound: String - sound classname

Return Value:

Nothing

Syntax 2

Syntax:

from say [sound, maxTitlesDistance, speed]

Parameters:

from: Object - origin of the sound

sound: String - sound classname

maxTitlesDistance: Number - max distance at which the sound can be heard. Default: 100 m.

speed: Number - (Optional, default 1) pitch of the sound

Return Value:

Nothing

Syntax 3

Syntax:

[from, to] say sound

Parameters:

from: Object - origin of the sound

to: Object - target

sound: String - sound classname

Return Value:

Nothing

Syntax 4

Syntax:

[from, to] say [sound, maxTitlesDistance, speed]

Parameters:

from: Object - origin of the sound

to: Object - target

sound: String - sound classname

maxTitlesDistance: Number - max distance at which the sound can be heard. Default: 100 m.

speed: Number - (Optional, default 1) pitch of the sound.

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

(units player select 1) say ["whisper1", 5];

Example 2:

Arma 3:player say "scuba_breath";

Additional Information

See also:

say3Dsay2DplaySoundcreateSoundSource

Notes

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Notes

Posted on 7 March 2013

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Say will occur in 3D when the player is active, during cutscenes it will not. Use say3D to force 3D effect for cutscenes.